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Aloe vera treated missing volume in sunken spots (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

areolae

'sunken spots' is the definition.
(plural of areola)

'aloe vera treated missing volume' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'aloe' is 'eola' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'are' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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